Illinois · Private foundation
Bickner Family Foundation
Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- $190k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 18
- Grants FY2025
- 13
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 15%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Median grant, FY2025
- $5,000
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $56,000
- Organizations funded a year
- 10 to 19
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 4
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.3M
- Applications
- Preselected organizations only
- Per its most recent filing; check its own site
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 15% of the organizations Bickner Family Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 2% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 98% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $2k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 17 | $134k | 41% |
| FY2024 | 13 | $94k | 15% |
| FY2023 | 19 | $165k | 26% |
| FY2022 | 17 | $117k | 29% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $131k | 29% |
| FY2020 | 10 | $84k | 20% |
| FY2019 | 11 | $145k | 9% |
| FY2018 | 19 | $159k | 16% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Covenant Church Dekalb Il | $242,300 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $171,000 | 8 | 33% |
| North Park University | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope Haven Inc | $40,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Kishwaukee Family YMCA | $39,775 | 5 | 0% |
| Covenant Point Bible Camp | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Legacy Connections | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Phi Delta Theta Foundation | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Sycamore Education Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 5% |
Show all 20 grantees
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillcrest Covenant Church Dekalb Il | $242,300 | 9 | n/a |
| University of Michigan | $171,000 | 8 | 33% |
| North Park University | $105,000 | 5 | 0% |
| Hope Haven Inc | $40,000 | 8 | n/a |
| Kishwaukee Family YMCA | $39,775 | 5 | 0% |
| Covenant Point Bible Camp | $35,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Legacy Connections | $30,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Evangelical Covenant Church | $15,000 | 3 | n/a |
| Phi Delta Theta Foundation | $10,500 | 6 | 0% |
| Sycamore Education Foundation | $10,000 | 2 | 5% |
| DePauw University | $10,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Swedish Covenant Health | $4,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Bring on the Music Inc | $3,500 | 2 | 0% |
| Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation | $3,000 | 3 | 0% |
| Sycamore Sports Boosters | $2,500 | 1 | 1% |
| Kishwaukee College Foundation | $2,000 | 2 | n/a |
| Eisenhower Medical Center | $2,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Goodfellows of Dekalbsycamore Inc | $1,250 | 5 | 1% |
| Shriners Hospitals for Children | $1,000 | 1 | 0% |
| We Care Inc of Morton | $500 | 1 | n/a |
Plus 27 recipients with no EIN on record ($402k), not named here.
Where it is load-bearing
Bickner Family Foundation supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 14 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
Tap a dot to name the grantee.
How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Dekalb County Community Foundation · George E& Betty Bdutton Foundation · Douglas C & Lynn M Roberts Family Foundation · Ideal Industries Foundation · Northwestern Memorial HealthCare Group · The Chicago Community Trust · Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund · Charities Aid Foundation America · Natl Christian Charitable Fdn Inc · The Blackbaud Giving Fund · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · American Endowment Foundation
How this is measured
About Bickner Family Foundation
- How much does Bickner Family Foundation give?
- Bickner Family Foundation reported 18 grants totaling $189,750 in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 10 and 19 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does Bickner Family Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Religion (30%), Health (18%), Philanthropy (13%).
- Who are Bickner Family Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Hillcrest Covenant Church Dekalb Il ($242k), University of Michigan ($171k), North Park University ($105k).
- Does Bickner Family Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 15% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Does Bickner Family Foundation accept unsolicited applications?
- Its most recent filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and does not take unsolicited requests. Check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Bickner Family Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Dekalb County Community Foundation, George E& Betty Bdutton Foundation, Douglas C & Lynn M Roberts Family Foundation.
- Where is Bickner Family Foundation based?
- Bickner Family Foundation is based in IL.
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